My Girl

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My Girl

PG

1991

1h 42m

Kids & Family

Drama

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Tomboy Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) has good reason to be morbid: her mother died giving birth to her, and her father (Dan Aykroyd) operates a funeral service out of their home. The other kids think she's a freak, and it certainly doesn't help that her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Macaulay Culkin), is a boy. To make matters worse, Vada is desperately in love with her English teacher, Mr. Bixler (Griffin Dunne). What's an 11-year-old girl to do?

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Critics Consensus

My Girl has a mostly sweet story and a pair of appealing young leads, but it's largely undone by its aggressively tearjerking ending.

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Sarah Fonseca

Autostraddle

When I watched My Girl as a kid, I spent 80% of the movie having Schwinn Bicycle and mood ring envy. Now, I'm also able to appreciate [the] dialogue...

Nov 3, 2018

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

My Girl has some sweet, funny moments (the cast is uniformly appealing), yet it unfolds in a landscape of paralyzing, pop-psych banality.

Rated: C+

Sep 7, 2011

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Variety Staff

Variety

It’s a rough summer for an 11-year-old, but director Howard Zieff paints it in the manner of a watercolor of a youthful idyll.

Mar 26, 2009

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Erik Childress

The Friendship Dilemma Podcast

A film that renders a beautiful adolescent friendship wonderfully played by Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky, in one of the great child performances, while also not fumbling away confronting genuine lessons about grief and loss for young people.

Rated: 4/4

Jun 6, 2024

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

My Girl is an exercise in mawkish sentiment, an exploitation picture for the whole family.

Oct 11, 2019

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Elliot Panek

Common Sense Media

Coming of age tale tackles death; for older kids.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 1, 2011

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Ainsley S

This movie is my all time favorite. Vada and Thomas j's relationship is the cutest thing ever. Thomas j does die, but it's an amazing movie for older kids. This movie is really comforting for me as well.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/10/24

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Fabrícia F

Uma história comovente e eficaz em trazer a perspectiva do primeiro amor na infância. A amizade leal que se torna algo mais.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/09/24

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Luca B

One of the most touching stories in Hollywood history. Anna and Macaulay's acting together formed a bond that would become unbreakable for decades.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/08/24

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Lisa M

Gloomy feel, heart aching moments, coming of age film…this film is certainly not for everyone. Some may find characters overly indulgent in their proclivity to melancholy, but i found the film endearing. Reflects a life often troubled and sometimes without clear solution.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/30/24

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Alana F

One of my favorite movies oat, must watch. It’s such a bittersweet movie and has so many amazing moments

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/23/24

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Prabudhjeet A

Young love. Wanted to tell your crush but can't. Instead doing something for your crush so that they don't forget you even if you are not meant to be together. Just love this movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/19/24

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Howard Zieff

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Anna Chlumsky

Vada Margaret Sultenfuss

Macaulay Culkin

Thomas J. Sennett

Dan Aykroyd

Harry Sultenfuss

Jamie Lee Curtis

Shelly DeVoto

Richard Masur

Phil Sultenfuss

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Synopsis

Tomboy Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) has good reason to be morbid: her mother died giving birth to her, and her father (Dan Aykroyd) operates a funeral service out of their home. The other kids think she's a freak, and it certainly doesn't help that her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Macaulay Culkin), is a boy. To make matters worse, Vada is desperately in love with her English teacher, Mr. Bixler (Griffin Dunne). What's an 11-year-old girl to do?

Director: Howard Zieff
Producer: Brian Grazer
Screenwriter: Barbara Benedek, Laurice Elehwany
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Imagine Entertainment
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $60.2M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: Surround

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